vyos_lldp_interface - Manage LLDP interfaces configuration on VyOS network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of LLDP interfaces configuration on VyOS network devices.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
List of interfaces LLDP should be configured on.
name
Name of the interface LLDP should be configured on.
provider Default:
None
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
For more information please see the Network Guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
username
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
host
required
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
ssh_keyfile
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout Default:
10
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
password Default:
None
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port Default:
22
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • enabled
  • disabled
State of the LLDP configuration.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against VYOS 1.1.7
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide

Examples

- name: Enable LLDP on eth1
  net_lldp_interface:
    state: present

- name: Enable LLDP on specific interfaces
  net_lldp_interface:
    interfaces:
      - eth1
      - eth2
    state: present

- name: Disable LLDP globally
  net_lldp_interface:
    state: disabled

- name: Create aggregate of LLDP interface configurations
  vyos_lldp_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: eth1
    - name: eth2
    state: present

- name: Delete aggregate of LLDP interface configurations
  vyos_lldp_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: eth1
    - name: eth2
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
commands
list
 always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Sample:
['set service lldp eth1', 'set service lldp eth2 disable']


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

  • Ricardo Carrillo Cruz (@rcarrillocruz)

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